To:  Region 3 ExCom
From:  South Carolina Council
Subject:  End of Year Report
 
The four South Carolina Sections of IEEE have been very active this
past year.  All Sections were involved early in the year with
Southeastcon, mostly the Columbia Section, host of the event.  Each
Section has continued to set up meetings of importance to their
members: in November, a Professional Engineer (PE) requirements
meeting was held at the Columbia Section and a next generation radio
meeting was held in Charleston (Coastal Section), with 38 members and
guests in attendance.  The Piedmont Section continues to work closely
with students in the area, and the Central Savannah Section continues
to grow in it's first year back from dormancy.  All Sections have
plans to continue to actively pursue speakers on topics of relevance
to their membership.
 
Sections Congress was a great hit with our Section representatives.
All Sections sent representatives to the Congress and several plans
are in place to make use of the information gathered at that event.
 
Southeascon generated a solid financial background for our Council,
thanks to the successful Chairmanship of Nancy Gunderson and the help
of those volunteers in the Columbia and Piedmont Sections who gave so
much of their time to make this event a great success.  Lee Stogner
announced that the SC Council website has been expanded to include a
new section to help unemployed engineers get in contact with companies
for interviews for prospective employment.  Unemployment has adversely
affected three of our four Sections.

Term of office has been expanded to two years for the Council.  All
officers will remain except for Nancy Gunderson, who announced her
resignation from the Council's treasurer's duties effective at the end
of the current year.  After Southeascon and the birth of her second
child, this is a most deserved break.

Plans for next year include:

Establish a statewide Technical Chapter on Power and Computers;
signatures to make this possible are being collected.  John Montague,
Columbia Section Chair, is leading this effort.  One of the purposes
for this Chapter is to have access to distinguished speakers to come
to this area.

Start some sort of electrical-based device competition between high
schools in the state, possibly sponsored and supported by the
sections.

Student paper contest between Clemson, USC, The Citadel and SC State
is tentatively set for March 1st, 2003.  Winner will represent the
state at Southeascon.

Review our volunteer roster and begin getting new volunteers involved
in the state council.

The South Carolina Council, its Sections and Student branches are
planning to participate in Southeascon.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Marilene Guardia-Baker
SC Council Chair